Mental Health Crisis Practitioner – First Response, CrisisinRadlettinRadlettPUBLISHED WED 27 NOV 2024

Are you a mental health nurse, social worker or occupational therapist?

Are you interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver community treatment in mental health?

We are seeking to recruit a Mental Health Practitioner to join the friendly and supportive First Response (Crisis) team based in Radlett in South West Hertfordshire.

It's a genuinely exciting time to join - we're developing new ways of working, which will see us delivering a 24/7 responsive adult crisis and acute home treatment service - but we need your to help us achieve our vision. The role will provide a genuine opportunity for you to develop your skills and make a difference.

Please contact Sam Bracey on for an informal chat or to arrange a visit. We look forward to hearing from you!

The successful candidate will:

• have substantial clinical experience of working with service users who have presented with a mental health crisis
• have a real passion for mental health crisis services, and the difference they can make
• deliver the highest standards of care to our service users and communities
• be part of a multidisciplinary team of staff who are committed to improving the lives of our service users and carers
• a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2.

In return, we can offer you:

• the opportunity to take part in our future leaders programme, undertake non-medical prescribing and AMHP training
• excellent promotion and development prospects
• state of the art clinical environment
• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
• Employee Assistance Programme

Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.

About us

The Crisis service supports people experiencing a mental health crisis providing 24- hour access, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to mental health care, advice, support and treatment. The service is for people who are over the age of 18.

You will rotate between delivering telephone crisis triage, crisis assessment, resolution and home treatment.

You will offer crisis intervention, advice and support on telephone and undertake first response face to face crisis assessments in a variety of settings.

You will ensure that service users receive the most appropriate care and treatment following triage and assessment, referring to the most appropriate mental health provision or signposting to the relevant services.

You will undertake crisis assessments of people with mental health problems in acute crisis and where appropriate provide intensive community based treatment/support services as an alternative to in-patient admission.

For a more indepth person and job description please read the attached